Themes Lists Trending New
Start free trial
EnglishEnglish
EspañolSpanish
简体中文Chinese
繁體中文Chinese (Traditional)
FrançaisFrench
DeutschGerman
日本語Japanese
PortuguêsPortuguese
ItalianoItalian
한국어Korean
РусскийRussian
NederlandsDutch
العربيةArabic
PolskiPolish
हिन्दीHindi
Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
SvenskaSwedish
ΕλληνικάGreek
TürkçeTurkish
ไทยThai
ČeštinaCzech
RomânăRomanian
MagyarHungarian
УкраїнськаUkrainian
IndonesiaIndonesian
DanskDanish
SuomiFinnish
БългарскиBulgarian
עבריתHebrew
NorskNorwegian
HrvatskiCroatian
CatalàCatalan
SlovenčinaSlovak
LietuviųLithuanian
SlovenščinaSlovenian
СрпскиSerbian
EestiEstonian
LatviešuLatvian
فارسیPersian
മലയാളംMalayalam
தமிழ்Tamil
اردوUrdu
SoBrief

Science

Science shapes every aspect of our world, from the atoms that form our bodies to the mysteries of consciousness and human behavior. Here you'll find engaging explorations of evolution, physics, psychology, and the natural forces that govern both our universe and ourselves.

Science Book Summaries

Atomic Habits
by James Clear • 2018
Small habits multiply. A method for making good ones automatic and bad ones impossible.
4.32
1.3M+
🧱 Habit Formation🔄 Behavior Change🧠 Behavioral Psychology📈 Continuous Improvement🏠 Environment Design
Atomic Habits Summary
Immersive
Atomic Habits
Small habits multiply. A method for making good ones automatic and bad ones impossible.
by James Clear 2018 306 pages
4.32
1.3M+ ratings
🧱 Habit Formation🔄 Behavior Change🧠 Behavioral Psychology📈 Continuous Improvement🏠 Environment Design
Sapiens
by Yuval Noah Harari • 2011
The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.
4.33
1.2M+
🌍 Big History🧬 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 History Of Science🏛️ Social Hierarchy
Sapiens Summary
Immersive
Sapiens
The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.
by Yuval Noah Harari 2011 456 pages
4.33
1.2M+ ratings
🌍 Big History🧬 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 History Of Science🏛️ Social Hierarchy
How I Grew My Penis And Other Porn Industry Secrets
by Stirling Cooper
A porn performer's training system for better erections, lasting longer, and measured growth.
4.11
1k+
🎯 Sexual Performance🫀 Men's Health🧬 Biohacking🧠 Dopamine Detox🩺 Erection Health
How I Grew My Penis And Other Porn Industry Secrets Summary
Immersive
How I Grew My Penis And Other Porn Industry Secrets
A porn performer's training system for better erections, lasting longer, and measured growth.
by Stirling Cooper
4.11
1k+ ratings
🎯 Sexual Performance🫀 Men's Health🧬 Biohacking🧠 Dopamine Detox🩺 Erection Health
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman • 2011
You decide first. You explain later. A Nobel laureate reveals the hidden system that chose.
4.17
500k+
🔬 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🧠 Heuristics And Biases⚡ Intuitive Judgment🧪 Cognitive Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow Summary
Immersive
Thinking, Fast and Slow
You decide first. You explain later. A Nobel laureate reveals the hidden system that chose.
by Daniel Kahneman 2011 499 pages
4.17
500k+ ratings
🔬 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🧠 Heuristics And Biases⚡ Intuitive Judgment🧪 Cognitive Psychology
The Power of Habit
by Charles Duhigg • 2012
Forty percent of your actions aren't choices. The hidden structure behind them can be reprogrammed.
4.13
500k+
🏗️ Habit Design💰 Behavioral Economics🏢 Organizational Change💪 Willpower Science🧠 Cognitive Psychology
The Power of Habit Summary
Immersive
The Power of Habit
Forty percent of your actions aren't choices. The hidden structure behind them can be reprogrammed.
by Charles Duhigg 2012 313 pages
4.13
500k+ ratings
🏗️ Habit Design💰 Behavioral Economics🏢 Organizational Change💪 Willpower Science🧠 Cognitive Psychology
Elon Musk
by Ashlee Vance • 2015
$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.
4.12
400k+
🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship📖 Startup Biographies🧠 Mental Models🔥 Extreme Leadership⚙️ Engineering Culture
Elon Musk Summary
Immersive
Elon Musk
$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.
by Ashlee Vance 2015 392 pages
4.12
400k+ ratings
🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship📖 Startup Biographies🧠 Mental Models🔥 Extreme Leadership⚙️ Engineering Culture
The Lean Startup
by Eric Ries • 2011
The method that discovers what customers will pay for before you build the product.
4.11
300k+
🏭 Lean Methodology📋 Startup Playbooks🧪 Customer Development🔄 Iterative Design📊 Data-Driven Decisions
The Lean Startup Summary
Immersive
The Lean Startup
The method that discovers what customers will pay for before you build the product.
by Eric Ries 2011 299 pages
4.11
300k+ ratings
🏭 Lean Methodology📋 Startup Playbooks🧪 Customer Development🔄 Iterative Design📊 Data-Driven Decisions
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk • 2014
Trauma isn't a story problem. It's a body locked in alarm, and talking can't reach it.
4.34
200k+
🩹 Trauma Recovery👶 Childhood Trauma🧘 Somatic Psychology🧠 Neurobiology Of Stress🔗 Attachment Theory
The Body Keeps the Score Summary
Immersive
The Body Keeps the Score
Trauma isn't a story problem. It's a body locked in alarm, and talking can't reach it.
by Bessel van der Kolk 2014 464 pages
4.34
200k+ ratings
🩹 Trauma Recovery👶 Childhood Trauma🧘 Somatic Psychology🧠 Neurobiology Of Stress🔗 Attachment Theory
Freakonomics Rev Ed
by Steven D. Levitt • 2005
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
4.01
900k+
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
Freakonomics Rev Ed Summary
Immersive
Freakonomics Rev Ed
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 352 pages
4.01
900k+ ratings
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2008
Mastery takes roughly ten thousand hours. Getting those hours takes luck, not just grit.
4.19
800k+
🏆 Sociology Of Success📊 Achievement Research📈 Accumulated Advantage🌍 Cultural Legacies🏋️ Deliberate Practice
Outliers Summary
Immersive
Outliers
Mastery takes roughly ten thousand hours. Getting those hours takes luck, not just grit.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008 309 pages
4.19
800k+ ratings
🏆 Sociology Of Success📊 Achievement Research📈 Accumulated Advantage🌍 Cultural Legacies🏋️ Deliberate Practice
Influence
by Robert B. Cialdini • 1984
Your automatic yes has predictable triggers. A social psychologist went undercover to map them all.
4.21
100k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics👥 Social Influence🧩 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Psychology🔬 Persuasion Science
Influence Summary
Immersive
Influence
Your automatic yes has predictable triggers. A social psychologist went undercover to map them all.
by Robert B. Cialdini 1984 320 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics👥 Social Influence🧩 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Psychology🔬 Persuasion Science
The Psychopath Test
by Jon Ronson • 2011
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
3.95
100k+
🧠 Forensic Psychology📰 Investigative Journalism🎭 Psychopathy📋 Diagnostic Overreach💊 Mental Health Industry
The Psychopath Test Summary
Immersive
The Psychopath Test
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
by Jon Ronson 2011 272 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
🧠 Forensic Psychology📰 Investigative Journalism🎭 Psychopathy📋 Diagnostic Overreach💊 Mental Health Industry
Co-Intelligence
by Ethan Mollick • 2024
AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.
3.93
16k+
🏢 Ai In The Workplace🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration⚙️ Workplace Automation✍️ Prompt Engineering🎓 Ai In Education
Co-Intelligence Summary
Immersive
Co-Intelligence
AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.
by Ethan Mollick 2024 256 pages
3.93
16k+ ratings
🏢 Ai In The Workplace🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration⚙️ Workplace Automation✍️ Prompt Engineering🎓 Ai In Education
The Tipping Point
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2000
Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.
4.01
800k+
🦠 Social Contagion🗣️ Word Of Mouth🧠 Behavioral Influence🏙️ Situational Psychology🕸️ Network Effects
The Tipping Point Summary
Immersive
The Tipping Point
Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2000 204 pages
4.01
800k+ ratings
🦠 Social Contagion🗣️ Word Of Mouth🧠 Behavioral Influence🏙️ Situational Psychology🕸️ Network Effects
Read People Like a Book
by Patrick King • 2020
You misread people about a quarter of the time. Stacking psychology's models cuts the error rate.
3.40
6k+
🧠 Social Intelligence🧍 Body Language💡 Emotional Intelligence🔍 Lie Detection🔬 Behavioral Psychology
Read People Like a Book Summary
Immersive
Read People Like a Book
You misread people about a quarter of the time. Stacking psychology's models cuts the error rate.
by Patrick King 2020 277 pages
3.40
6k+ ratings
🧠 Social Intelligence🧍 Body Language💡 Emotional Intelligence🔍 Lie Detection🔬 Behavioral Psychology
Blink
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2005
Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.
3.96
600k+
🧠 Behavioral Psychology📊 Decision Science⚡ Intuition Research🎯 Unconscious Bias🔍 Pattern Recognition
Blink Summary
Immersive
Blink
Rapid decisions can beat careful analysis: they need structure, not more data.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Psychology📊 Decision Science⚡ Intuition Research🎯 Unconscious Bias🔍 Pattern Recognition
Superintelligence
by Nick Bostrom • 2014
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
3.85
21k+
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🌍 Effective Altruism🔭 Longtermism⚖️ Technology Ethics
Superintelligence Summary
Immersive
Superintelligence
A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.
by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages
3.85
21k+ ratings
🛡️ Ai Safety⚠️ Existential Risk🌍 Effective Altruism🔭 Longtermism⚖️ Technology Ethics
12 Rules for Life
by Jordan B. Peterson • 2018
Your chaos isn't political. It's biological, and it's yours to fix.
3.90
200k+
🌌 Existential Psychology🕯️ Meaning And Suffering🦞 Dominance Hierarchies🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception
12 Rules for Life Summary
Immersive
12 Rules for Life
Your chaos isn't political. It's biological, and it's yours to fix.
by Jordan B. Peterson 2018 409 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
🌌 Existential Psychology🕯️ Meaning And Suffering🦞 Dominance Hierarchies🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception
The Value of Others
by Orion Taraban • 2024
Desire follows economic rules most people never see. Learn them, and the balance of power shifts.
4.34
1k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Behavioral Economics💔 Modern Dating⚡ Power Dynamics🦚 Mating Psychology
The Value of Others Summary
Immersive
The Value of Others
Desire follows economic rules most people never see. Learn them, and the balance of power shifts.
by Orion Taraban 2024 434 pages
4.34
1k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Behavioral Economics💔 Modern Dating⚡ Power Dynamics🦚 Mating Psychology
Your Brain on Porn
by Gary Wilson • 2014
Internet porn overloads ancient brain wiring. The result: sexual dysfunction in healthy young men.
4.21
7k+
🎬 Porn Addiction💻 Internet Addiction🧠 Brain Reward💔 Sexual Dysfunction🔄 Compulsive Behavior
Your Brain on Porn Summary
Immersive
Your Brain on Porn
Internet porn overloads ancient brain wiring. The result: sexual dysfunction in healthy young men.
by Gary Wilson 2014 224 pages
4.21
7k+ ratings
🎬 Porn Addiction💻 Internet Addiction🧠 Brain Reward💔 Sexual Dysfunction🔄 Compulsive Behavior
Elon Musk
by Walter Isaacson • 2023
His rockets and his cruelty share one origin: the boy who learned to feel nothing.
4.32
77k+
🧠 Founder Psychology🏭 Vertical Integration⚡ Crisis Leadership🚀 Space Industry🎯 Mission-Driven Companies
Elon Musk Summary
Immersive
Elon Musk
His rockets and his cruelty share one origin: the boy who learned to feel nothing.
by Walter Isaacson 2023 688 pages
4.32
77k+ ratings
🧠 Founder Psychology🏭 Vertical Integration⚡ Crisis Leadership🚀 Space Industry🎯 Mission-Driven Companies
Super Gut
by William Davis • 2022
A hidden gut infection mimics depression and arthritis in millions. DIY fermented yogurt is the fix.
3.80
3k+
🦠 Gut Health🔬 Microbiome Science🫙 Fermentation Guides🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery🧠 Gut-Brain Connection
Super Gut Summary
Immersive
Super Gut
A hidden gut infection mimics depression and arthritis in millions. DIY fermented yogurt is the fix.
by William Davis 2022 368 pages
3.80
3k+ ratings
🦠 Gut Health🔬 Microbiome Science🫙 Fermentation Guides🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery🧠 Gut-Brain Connection
Quiet
by Susan Cain • 2012
The modern world was built for extroverts, and the quiet third is paying the price.
4.07
400k+
🧘 Introversion🏛️ Cultural Critique🔬 Temperament Research🌸 High Sensitivity✍️ Solo Creativity
Quiet Summary
Immersive
Quiet
The modern world was built for extroverts, and the quiet third is paying the price.
by Susan Cain 2012 333 pages
4.07
400k+ ratings
🧘 Introversion🏛️ Cultural Critique🔬 Temperament Research🌸 High Sensitivity✍️ Solo Creativity
Mindset
by Carol S. Dweck • 2006
How you think about talent predicts everything: your resilience, your honesty, even your love life.
4.09
100k+
💪 Effort Vs Talent🏆 Achievement Psychology🗣️ Praise And Feedback🧱 Failure And Resilience📚 Educational Psychology
Mindset Summary
Immersive
Mindset
How you think about talent predicts everything: your resilience, your honesty, even your love life.
by Carol S. Dweck 2006 301 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
💪 Effort Vs Talent🏆 Achievement Psychology🗣️ Praise And Feedback🧱 Failure And Resilience📚 Educational Psychology
Mind Magic
by James R. Doty • 2024
The brain hunts what you embed. A neurosurgeon's protocol for training yours.
3.90
2k+
🪄 Manifestation Practices🧠 Neuroplasticity🧘 Nervous System Regulation🗣️ Inner Critic Work💻 Subconscious Programming
Mind Magic Summary
Immersive
Mind Magic
The brain hunts what you embed. A neurosurgeon's protocol for training yours.
by James R. Doty 2024 304 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
🪄 Manifestation Practices🧠 Neuroplasticity🧘 Nervous System Regulation🗣️ Inner Critic Work💻 Subconscious Programming
Six-Minute X-Ray
by Chase Hughes • 2020
Read anyone in six minutes: the military profiling system that decodes hidden fears and objections.
4.22
500+
🧍 Body Language🔎 People Reading🎯 Persuasion Techniques🕵️ Lie Detection🎖️ Military Intelligence
Six-Minute X-Ray Summary
Immersive
Six-Minute X-Ray
Read anyone in six minutes: the military profiling system that decodes hidden fears and objections.
by Chase Hughes 2020 270 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
🧍 Body Language🔎 People Reading🎯 Persuasion Techniques🕵️ Lie Detection🎖️ Military Intelligence
Antifragile
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2012
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
4.10
58k+
🔒 Risk Management🧩 Systems Thinking🔄 Trial And Error🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Antifragile Summary
Immersive
Antifragile
Predicting catastrophe is impossible. Designing a life that profits from chaos is not.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012 493 pages
4.10
58k+ ratings
🔒 Risk Management🧩 Systems Thinking🔄 Trial And Error🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Whole-Brain Child
by Daniel J. Siegel • 2011
Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.
4.26
60k+
🧠 Child Development🧬 Neuroscience Parenting🌊 Emotional Regulation🔬 Interpersonal Neurobiology🤝 Attachment Theory
The Whole-Brain Child Summary
Immersive
The Whole-Brain Child
Tantrums reveal a brain still under construction. Twelve strategies that teach instead of punish.
by Daniel J. Siegel 2011 192 pages
4.26
60k+ ratings
🧠 Child Development🧬 Neuroscience Parenting🌊 Emotional Regulation🔬 Interpersonal Neurobiology🤝 Attachment Theory
Behave
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2017
Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.
4.38
32k+
🧬 Behavioral Biology🧪 Neurochemistry💉 Hormones And Behavior🌱 Nature Nurture🔗 Free Will Debate
Behave Summary
Immersive
Behave
Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2017 790 pages
4.38
32k+ ratings
🧬 Behavioral Biology🧪 Neurochemistry💉 Hormones And Behavior🌱 Nature Nurture🔗 Free Will Debate
10 to 25
by David Yeager • 2024
Puberty makes young people crave respect. The evidence on what happens when adults actually give it.
4.12
2k+
🧠 Adolescent Development🎓 Evidence-Based Education🗣️ Respectful Communication🌱 Growth Mindset🫀 Stress Reframing
10 to 25 Summary
Immersive
10 to 25
Puberty makes young people crave respect. The evidence on what happens when adults actually give it.
by David Yeager 2024 464 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
🧠 Adolescent Development🎓 Evidence-Based Education🗣️ Respectful Communication🌱 Growth Mindset🫀 Stress Reframing
Mindset
by Carol S. Dweck • 2006
Forty percent of kids praised for intelligence later lie about their grades. The fix costs nothing.
4.09
100k+
🧠 Achievement Psychology📚 Educational Psychology💡 Beliefs About Ability💪 Effort And Practice💬 Praise And Feedback
Mindset Summary
Immersive
Mindset
Forty percent of kids praised for intelligence later lie about their grades. The fix costs nothing.
by Carol S. Dweck 2006 276 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
🧠 Achievement Psychology📚 Educational Psychology💡 Beliefs About Ability💪 Effort And Practice💬 Praise And Feedback
The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2007
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
3.96
100k+
🛡️ Risk Management🎲 Tail Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔬 Scientific Skepticism
The Black Swan Summary
Immersive
The Black Swan
The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 480 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🎲 Tail Risk🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔬 Scientific Skepticism
Think Again
by Adam M. Grant • 2021
The people who get the most things right are the fastest to admit they were wrong.
4.13
100k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤲 Intellectual Humility💭 Changing Minds🔄 Updating Beliefs🏢 Organizational Psychology
Think Again Summary
Immersive
Think Again
The people who get the most things right are the fastest to admit they were wrong.
by Adam M. Grant 2021 307 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤲 Intellectual Humility💭 Changing Minds🔄 Updating Beliefs🏢 Organizational Psychology
Thinking In Systems
by Donella H. Meadows • 2008
One hidden delay makes your thermostat swing wildly and drives business cycles too.
4.18
22k+
🧠 Systems Thinking🕸️ Complexity Science🧩 Mental Models🌱 Resilience Thinking⚖️ Bounded Rationality
Thinking In Systems Summary
Immersive
Thinking In Systems
One hidden delay makes your thermostat swing wildly and drives business cycles too.
by Donella H. Meadows 2008 218 pages
4.18
22k+ ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🕸️ Complexity Science🧩 Mental Models🌱 Resilience Thinking⚖️ Bounded Rationality
KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH
by Sebastián Santisteban • 2022
Your senses catch 0.0035% of reality. Every other thing you believe was chosen, not discovered.
4.01
425
🕵️ Conspiracy Theories📺 Media Manipulation🧠 Mind-Body Connection⚛️ Quantum Mysticism👽 Ancient Astronauts
KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH Summary
Immersive
KNOW THE ONLY TRUTH
Your senses catch 0.0035% of reality. Every other thing you believe was chosen, not discovered.
by Sebastián Santisteban 2022 138 pages
4.01
425 ratings
🕵️ Conspiracy Theories📺 Media Manipulation🧠 Mind-Body Connection⚛️ Quantum Mysticism👽 Ancient Astronauts
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman • 2011
The automatic mind runs the show. Its shortcuts are predictable, and the costs are enormous.
4.17
500k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📈 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Making🔍 Heuristics🧪 Cognitive Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow Summary
Immersive
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The automatic mind runs the show. Its shortcuts are predictable, and the costs are enormous.
by Daniel Kahneman 2011 483 pages
4.17
500k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📈 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Making🔍 Heuristics🧪 Cognitive Psychology
Feeling Good
by David D. Burns • 1980
Depression follows predictable thought patterns. Correct them on paper, and the mood lifts.
4.06
34k+
🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🔍 Cognitive Distortions🏃 Behavioral Activation🎯 Perfectionism🏛️ Stoic Philosophy
Feeling Good Summary
Immersive
Feeling Good
Depression follows predictable thought patterns. Correct them on paper, and the mood lifts.
by David D. Burns 1980 736 pages
4.06
34k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy🔍 Cognitive Distortions🏃 Behavioral Activation🎯 Perfectionism🏛️ Stoic Philosophy
Talking With Psychopaths and Savages
by Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017
Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.
2.98
8k+
🔪 Serial Killers🧠 Criminal Psychology🔬 Psychopathy Research🎙️ Forensic Interviews💔 Childhood Trauma
Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary
Immersive
Talking With Psychopaths and Savages
Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.
by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages
2.98
8k+ ratings
🔪 Serial Killers🧠 Criminal Psychology🔬 Psychopathy Research🎙️ Forensic Interviews💔 Childhood Trauma
Stalking the Wild Pendulum
by Itzhak Bentov • 1977
At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.
4.29
1k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies⚛️ Speculative Physics🌌 Panpsychism📡 Holographic Universe🌐 Vibrational Cosmology
Stalking the Wild Pendulum Summary
Immersive
Stalking the Wild Pendulum
At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.
by Itzhak Bentov 1977 193 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies⚛️ Speculative Physics🌌 Panpsychism📡 Holographic Universe🌐 Vibrational Cosmology
Super Agers
by Eric Topol • 2025
Most chronic disease can be prevented. The crisis is not science but who can access it.
3.47
1k+
🧬 Longevity Science🩺 Preventive Medicine🏃 Exercise Science😴 Sleep Optimization🍽️ Metabolic Health
Super Agers Summary
Immersive
Super Agers
Most chronic disease can be prevented. The crisis is not science but who can access it.
by Eric Topol 2025 464 pages
3.47
1k+ ratings
🧬 Longevity Science🩺 Preventive Medicine🏃 Exercise Science😴 Sleep Optimization🍽️ Metabolic Health
The Checklist Manifesto
by Atul Gawande • 2009
Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.
4.04
76k+
🛡️ High-Reliability Teams🔍 Human Factors⚠️ Error Proofing📋 Decision Science🔗 Systems Thinking
The Checklist Manifesto Summary
Immersive
The Checklist Manifesto
Why experts miss the obvious, and how a piece of paper catches what brilliance overlooks.
by Atul Gawande 2009 215 pages
4.04
76k+ ratings
🛡️ High-Reliability Teams🔍 Human Factors⚠️ Error Proofing📋 Decision Science🔗 Systems Thinking
Come As You Are
by Emily Nagoski • 2015
The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.
4.28
87k+
🚺 Female Sexuality😰 Stress And Desire💜 Body Acceptance✊ Sex-Positive Feminism🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex
Come As You Are Summary
Immersive
Come As You Are
The science of female desire overturns the dominant story. Your body works; learn what blocks it.
by Emily Nagoski 2015 400 pages
4.28
87k+ ratings
🚺 Female Sexuality😰 Stress And Desire💜 Body Acceptance✊ Sex-Positive Feminism🧠 Neuroscience Of Sex
The Universal One
by Walter Russell • 1926
Every solid is light slowed by motion; the slowing force is the same one that thinks.
4.18
215
🌌 Metaphysical Cosmology☯️ Polarity And Rhythm🎵 Vibrational Cosmology🕉️ Non-Duality💭 New Thought
The Universal One Summary
Immersive
The Universal One
Every solid is light slowed by motion; the slowing force is the same one that thinks.
by Walter Russell 1926 268 pages
4.18
215 ratings
🌌 Metaphysical Cosmology☯️ Polarity And Rhythm🎵 Vibrational Cosmology🕉️ Non-Duality💭 New Thought
Prisoners of Geography
by Tim Marshall • 2015
Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.
4.19
100k+
🌍 Geopolitics🛢️ Natural Resources⚔️ Military Strategy🌐 Global Power Politics✂️ Colonial Borders
Prisoners of Geography Summary
Immersive
Prisoners of Geography
Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.
by Tim Marshall 2015 319 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
🌍 Geopolitics🛢️ Natural Resources⚔️ Military Strategy🌐 Global Power Politics✂️ Colonial Borders
Breath
by James Nestor • 2020
You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.
4.14
100k+
🫁 Respiratory Health🌬️ Breathing Techniques👃 Nasal Breathing🧠 Body-Mind Connection🌿 Holistic Health
Breath Summary
Immersive
Breath
You take 25,000 breaths a day. Most of them are making you sick.
by James Nestor 2020 280 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
🫁 Respiratory Health🌬️ Breathing Techniques👃 Nasal Breathing🧠 Body-Mind Connection🌿 Holistic Health
Art of Reading Minds
by Henrik Fexeus • 2007
Your body reveals your thoughts before you speak. A mentalist's field guide for learning to listen.
3.51
2k+
🧍 Body Language👁️ Reading People🧠 Emotional Intelligence🎯 Influence Techniques🔍 Lie Detection
Art of Reading Minds Summary
Immersive
Art of Reading Minds
Your body reveals your thoughts before you speak. A mentalist's field guide for learning to listen.
by Henrik Fexeus 2007 252 pages
3.51
2k+ ratings
🧍 Body Language👁️ Reading People🧠 Emotional Intelligence🎯 Influence Techniques🔍 Lie Detection
The Second Machine Age
by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
3.91
12k+
🖥️ Digital Economy🏭 Automation And Jobs💼 Future Of Work📈 Exponential Technology🤖 AI And Society
The Second Machine Age Summary
Immersive
The Second Machine Age
Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.
by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014 320 pages
3.91
12k+ ratings
🖥️ Digital Economy🏭 Automation And Jobs💼 Future Of Work📈 Exponential Technology🤖 AI And Society
The DOSE Effect
by T.J. Power • 2025
Modern life broke four brain chemicals that control your mood and drive. Twenty habits fix them.
4.11
4k+
🧠 Brain Chemistry🎯 Dopamine Regulation📱 Digital Wellness🔄 Habit Design🏕️ Ancestral Health
The DOSE Effect Summary
Immersive
The DOSE Effect
Modern life broke four brain chemicals that control your mood and drive. Twenty habits fix them.
by T.J. Power 2025 304 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Chemistry🎯 Dopamine Regulation📱 Digital Wellness🔄 Habit Design🏕️ Ancestral Health
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018
How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.
4.15
100k+
🧭 Big History🤖 Future Of Work⚖️ Ai Ethics📰 Post-Truth Politics🌊 Information Overload
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Summary
Immersive
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
How to think in a century where jobs vanish, truths splinter, and biology becomes programmable.
by Yuval Noah Harari 2018 372 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
🧭 Big History🤖 Future Of Work⚖️ Ai Ethics📰 Post-Truth Politics🌊 Information Overload
Talking to Strangers
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2019
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
4.00
300k+
🧠 Social Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases🎭 Deception Detection🤝 Trust And Suspicion👀 First Impressions
Talking to Strangers Summary
Immersive
Talking to Strangers
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019 675 pages
4.00
300k+ ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases🎭 Deception Detection🤝 Trust And Suspicion👀 First Impressions
Home
Search
Swipe
Library
Get App
Try Full Access for 3 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
 —
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
 —
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 26,000+ books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 2: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 3: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Jul 30,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8× More Books
2.8× more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
600,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
— Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
— Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
— Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 3-Day Free Trial
3 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Unlock a world of fiction & nonfiction books
26,000+ books for the price of 2 books
Read any book in 10 minutes
Discover new books like Tinder
Request any book if it's not summarized
Read more books than anyone you know
#1 app for book lovers
Lifelike & immersive summaries
30-day money-back guarantee
Download summaries in EPUBs or PDFs
Cancel anytime in a few clicks
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel